Re: [Usability] Improve "Create Document" context menu

[Mark <markg85 gmail com>]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:54 AM, mac_v<drkvi-a yahoo com> wrote:
> Hi,
Hi,

I'm not a nautilus dev member but do want to reply on this one.
>
> The "Create Document" context-menu item has been discussed several times and
> has not reached any user-friendly solution.
>
> The present method of creating new documents is not user-friendly:
> 1: User has to rename a file
> 2: User has enter the extension of the file type he wants to create.
> 3: User has to open the file after the initial select of > Create Document.
note: i would instantly disable it if it did open newly created files
or i would hack it in nautilus or i wouldn't use nautilus anymore.
> 4: Editing the file creates unnecessary 0 bytes empty backups
note: what do you mean by this? I do want o have empty 0 byte files
from time to time.
> 5: If the user renames the file *only* after editing , an empty "new file"
> exists.
> 6: No-one actually simply creates an empty file, users want to immediately
> work on the new Documents.
>
> An elegant user-friendly solution needs to be achieved, which:
> 1: Allows the user to choose which templates to exist in the context menu
Already possible: http://linux.about.com/library/gnome/blgnome6n6h.htm
> 2: Opens the template instantly when the user selects from the context menu.
against this since it's not always the case for me. Roughly most of
the times i make a new file i make a bunch af them at once to edit
them AFTER i made them all. And because of the reason provided at "3:"
some lines up.
> 3: Prevents unnecessary empty backups.
against this one as well since i do from time to time want to have
"placeholder files". don't just "forbid" those.
>
> I'v opened a bug report with a proposed solution, and a mockup of the
> context menu. > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=590666
>
> Hope someone can oversee the proposed solution and be willing to work on the
> code side of this issue. Comments are welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> mac_v

Mark